On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the Chongzheng Hall in Shenyang was filled with people.
The royal princes, beile, beizi, the eight banner leaders, generals and important ministers were all included.
That’s not all.
Even Empress Xiaozhuang and Empress Zhezhe came to the scene. They hid behind the screen behind Fulin and listened attentively.
Sony stood beside Fulin, holding the imperial edict and reading aloud: "In the first year of Shunzhi, Prince Heshuo Rui Dorgon led more than 20,000 people from the Plain White Banner, Bordered White Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner and Outer Mongolia to break through the Great Wall and enter the pass, heading south to attack the Ming Dynasty."
"Because of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly, the army suffered an unprecedented defeat. Not only did it lose its elite troops, but it also caused the death of Ajige, the Prince of Duoluo Wuying, and Ebilun, the First-class Angbang Zhangjing, on the battlefield, and their bodies disappeared without a trace."
"The emperor discussed with the princes, beile, beizi, and ministers and wanted to strip him of all his titles and positions and put him in prison."
"But," Sony changed the subject, "Prince Heshuo Rui's title was bestowed by the late emperor, and the Qing dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. The emperor respects the late emperor and demonstrates filial piety, so he decided to only remove Dorgon from the position of leader of the Plain White Banner and his uncle as regent, and retain the title of Prince Heshuo Rui."
"In addition, 90% of the property of Prince Rui's mansion will be confiscated to provide relief to the families of the soldiers who died in the battle."
"So ordered!"
After Sony finished reading the imperial edict, the entire Chongzheng Hall fell silent and time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Except for the people from the Zhenghuang and Xianghuang banners, everyone else was surprised by this result.
Especially Dorgon.
He went to the palace to discuss the matter with Xiaozhuang, but Xiaozhuang said she could not help.
I didn't expect that today I would give him an unexpected surprise!
Looking at Dorgon's expression of surprise and then joy, Jirgalang frowned.
What is this?
Even though Dorgon committed such a big mistake, he was still able to retain his title of prince?
It's totally unheard of.
He looked up at Daishan, intending to unite and oppose according to the previous private agreement.
As a result, Daishan ignored him completely.
Not only did she ignore his gaze, she even showed an expression of disgust.
Jirgalang was no fool and he immediately realized that Daishan had been "bribed".
He was unwilling to give up and began to look for accomplices among the crowd.
There are seven banner masters in the Eight Banners.
He needs to find at least three more supporters to have a chance of changing the status quo.
The leader of the Zhenghuang and Xianghuang banners was Fulin, and he had no way to win them over.
The Plain White Banner belonged to Dorgon, and there was no way to win them over.
Daishan's failure to respond to him indirectly expressed his attitude.
The rest...
Jirgalang first looked at Hauge, the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner.
Haogeba just wanted Dorgon to die soon, so he immediately nodded in response.
Jirgalang then looked at Luo Luohun, the leader of the Bordered Red Banner.
Luo Luohun listened to Daishan in everything, and after an eye contact, Jirgalang was politely rejected.
Jirgalang looked at Duoduo, the leader of the Bordered White Banner, helplessly.
Hope he can backstab Dorgon.
Duoduo was also hesitating.
Although he and Dorgon were brothers, when he made a mistake, his brother Dorgon did not show any mercy.
Not only did they force him to exchange flags, but they also took away fifteen of his Niulu.
Now that Dorgon has lost power, he wants to take back what he once lost.
Oboi took in everyone's reactions.
After asking Fulin for instructions with his eyes, he stood up and said, "The emperor has discussed with the princes and ministers and decided to appoint Prince Li Daishan as the regent of my uncle, and Prince Yu Duoduo will temporarily take the position of the leader of the Plain White Banner."
After hearing this, Duoduo was stunned at first, and then he mouthed to Jirgalanbi: Go and have fun by yourself, I won’t get involved.
Although he failed to become the regent as he wished, he was already very content.
After all, among the Eight Banners, he was the only one besides Fulin who served as the leader of two banners.
So he rejected Jirgalang without hesitation.
Jirgalang knew that he was powerless to resist, so he could only sigh and accept this reality.
Dorgon was the first to react. He knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you for your mercy. Long live the emperor!"
Fulin was very satisfied with Dorgon's performance: "Prince Rui, please stand up. Do you think my handling of the matter was appropriate?"
"Your Majesty is wise and wise, and we admire you!"
Everyone knelt down and expressed their satisfaction with the outcome.
After some greetings, silence returned to Chongzheng Hall.
Sony stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, all the princes and ministers, there is an important matter that needs to be emphasized. The Mongols seem to be a little upset recently."
The 61-year-old Daishan raised his eyebrows and immediately jumped out: "What? Are they planning to rebel? If they dare to rebel, we will immediately send the Eight Banners cavalry to suppress them."
Abahai felt a little sad when he saw Daishan, who had come back to life.
The position of regent really has magical power, which can even make a good-natured person like Daishan, who is not interested in worldly affairs, develop a competitive spirit.
If possible, he will become the regent when he is old and enjoy a second spring!
This seed began to take root and sprout in Aobai's heart!
Sony smiled at Daishan who was tough, "Don't worry, Prince Li. The Mongols will not and dare not rebel!"
"Although a lot of materials were looted during this invasion, most of them were distributed to the families of the soldiers who died in the battle. Of the remaining materials, more than half were distributed to the bannermen, and the rest were given to the Outer Mongols."
"They felt that the food they were given was too little to survive the winter, so they expressed their dissatisfaction through messengers."
"There is less food?" Jirgalang, who had been silent, finally found a way to start the conversation. "As far as I know, since the Ming court exempted the country from taxes for a year, the people have a lot of food in their hands, so the food looted this time is more than the previous times."
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